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germany is an attractive partner because germany's prom prominent role in the eu, but also because of increased german dependence on china. item, nearly a quarter of eu imports from china go to germany. item, during 2010, germany's trade with china grew by 34% to $181 billion. china is now the second largest market for german exports outside the e.u. item, chinese demand is especially high for german machinery and cars. china is the biggest market for the mercedes s class. chew chinese officials are driven around beijing in them. makes germany one of the most influential, if not the pivotal foreign policy player on the world stage. angela. >> question, who calls the shots? chance chancellor angela merkel or president obama? >> president obama in this crisis in europe is pushing, but he has a powerful restraining force in angela merkel who not only speaks for germany, the fourth largest economy in the world, the dominant economy in europe. but she is a powerful restraining force, but however, germany is something of a giant switzerland. it is not a big military power. it is not interve
germany is an attractive partner because germany's prom prominent role in the eu, but also because of increased german dependence on china. item, nearly a quarter of eu imports from china go to germany. item, during 2010, germany's trade with china grew by 34% to $181 billion. china is now the second largest market for german exports outside the e.u. item, chinese demand is especially high for german machinery and cars. china is the biggest market for the mercedes s class. chew chinese...
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germany is the obvious one being impacted. >> that is fairly key. what germany is doing is they are trying to get everyone back to the table in geneva. they think that what is happening, despite the actions and the peace agreement that was signed in april, things are getting worse. you look at odessa. an industrial part of the country. that is a key part. we will continue to watch this. the violence is just getting worse. >> it is destabilizing the market. the servicendex of industry rose in april. in march.y from 54.5 that is after manufacturing came in below expectations. we will get another view of the economy later when hsbc releases its latest survey. more pressure on the chinese it you want. traders are the most pessimistic in months. regulator soldhe derivatives. it did not fully disclose it. it has weakened more than 3% this year. it is the worst performing currency in asia. slow and steady for australia's bank. reported an 11% increase. money management fees boost his results. apple claimed a narrow victory over smartphone technology. this
germany is the obvious one being impacted. >> that is fairly key. what germany is doing is they are trying to get everyone back to the table in geneva. they think that what is happening, despite the actions and the peace agreement that was signed in april, things are getting worse. you look at odessa. an industrial part of the country. that is a key part. we will continue to watch this. the violence is just getting worse. >> it is destabilizing the market. the servicendex of...
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ladies and gentlemen, the chancellor of germany, angela merkel. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, i am delighted to be back in .ashington today i am equally delighted to be year at the u.s. chamber of commerce. we look at the fact how we are linked. it provides the political context and economic context. our relationship rests on shared values and aren't shared interests. we know that only together can mass of the great economic and political challenges in this globalized world of today. about a quarter of century ago, 25 years ago, the berlin wall fell. the confrontation of the two blocks was prevalent during the days of the cold war and some even talk about the end of history as we know it. with the crisis of ukraine 25 orderafter, the postwar after his button to question. the rest on the acceptance of the principle of territorial integrity. , borders arers at changed by someone pitting the law of the stronger against the law. it was due to the annexation of the crimean immense love but i am convinced in the end, the rule of law will prevail b
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you see the word moments is that back in germany well until yesterday the black sea port city often just beyond the free if the sorts of odds and unrest seen in other parts of ukraine. the clashes that broke out on friday the team for most the supporters and their opponents and dozens of protests has ended up trapped in a burning building in which forty two people lost their lives. before i got skull of a craggy think in that essay he joins us now the eu is calling for investigation. it's about delays in the incident surrounding it the more we know about what happened yesterday. well it seems that the communists eyewitness reports is that it was the pro russian forces to open fire with guns on a pro ukrainian unique demonstration in the center of a death that the dead to classes leading to at least three deaths rates are on the day with the pro ukrainian side too. i think seeking revenge on the pro russians chase them into that building the trades union building won the pro ukrainian fight to tell me he was in that fed the five started because the pro russian said what so called tilda wi
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germany's leaders are angry over n.s.a. eaves dropping on angela merkel's private phone calls. the chancellor saying there's room to cooperate. >> translation: there are differences of opinion over what balance to strike over surveillance to protect sit dispns and preinging the privacy -- citizens and protecting privacy. >> president obama was pawned to see the degree to -- pained to see the degree to which the edward snowden dislorms affected his relationship with germany. he tried to reassure. >> i have taken the unprecedented step of ordering our intelligence committees to take the rive si interests of non-u.s. persons into lent. >> the two-parted ways without hammering out a no-spy pore intelligence-sharing agreement. the president saying the u.s. doesn't make an arrangement with its closest partners. >> we are following developments throughout the morning and up to the minute information log on to aljazeera.com. >> u.s. troops on standby to find victims of a massive mudslide. on friday a village was wiped out, killing more than 2,000 people. a rescue operation is under way
germany's leaders are angry over n.s.a. eaves dropping on angela merkel's private phone calls. the chancellor saying there's room to cooperate. >> translation: there are differences of opinion over what balance to strike over surveillance to protect sit dispns and preinging the privacy -- citizens and protecting privacy. >> president obama was pawned to see the degree to -- pained to see the degree to which the edward snowden dislorms affected his relationship with germany. he tried...
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and germany. this is 30 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. it is always a great pleasure to welcome my friend chancellor merkel to the white house. germany is one of our strongest allies and angela is one of my closest partners. with her indulgence, i want to start by making two brief comments. first, as president, my top priority is doing everything we can to create more jobs and opportunity for hard-working families for our economic strength as a source of strength in the world. this morning, we learned our businesses created 277,000 new jobs last month. all told, our business is now created 9.2 million new jobs over 50 consecutive months of job growth. the grit and determination of the american people are moving us forward but we have to keep a relentless focus on job creation and creating more opportunities for work and families. there is plenty more that congress should be doing from raising the minimum wage to creating good construction jobs and rebuilding america. i want to work with them wherever i can but i keep acting on my own wher
and germany. this is 30 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. it is always a great pleasure to welcome my friend chancellor merkel to the white house. germany is one of our strongest allies and angela is one of my closest partners. with her indulgence, i want to start by making two brief comments. first, as president, my top priority is doing everything we can to create more jobs and opportunity for hard-working families for our economic strength as a source of strength in the world. this...
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we used to say germany was surrounded by friends and everything is wonderful. obviously we need to take a fresh look because o'land is our immediate neighbor, part of our club, our union, and pole -- pollland has a bored irwith ukraine and if there's chaos in ukraine and beyond it affects our very own security and that of all of nate at the and the i as well. so, yes, i think there must be a comprehensive review of our priorities, both in the e.u. and in nato, but let's not do it, if i may say so with foaming at the mouth. let's do it cool, and let's do it also, always, in -- with having in mind consistency. >> on that thought we're going to questions from the audience. if you just briefly give your name and affiliation. you know the rule, a question, not a statement. >> thank you. from george washington university. we talked about in april of 2008 the nato summit decided to not extend membership action to ukraine and georgia, and within four months georgia was invaded. with hindsight, the word wisdom has been subpoena number of times today. is it your view tha
we used to say germany was surrounded by friends and everything is wonderful. obviously we need to take a fresh look because o'land is our immediate neighbor, part of our club, our union, and pole -- pollland has a bored irwith ukraine and if there's chaos in ukraine and beyond it affects our very own security and that of all of nate at the and the i as well. so, yes, i think there must be a comprehensive review of our priorities, both in the e.u. and in nato, but let's not do it, if i may say...
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if you talk about energy sanctions, germany is a little bit more effect it. in europe we have an interest if matters come to such a pass that we need to go further that we have a mix of sanctions where each and every country suffers a little bit. not one country suffering a little bit and not one country suffering at all. in europe, we have possibilities to do things -- we have worked with russia and we give them credit lines and also european bank investment. we could take a moment and think whether we should not do certain changes as regards the way we treat russia. that is something the u.s. is not able to do. there is not 100% alignment between what we do but there has to be some kind of fair balance. that some companies are affected 100% and some not at all. the eu is careful in preparing work and looking at that aspect on the whole, trade between europe and russia obviously is much more closely developed then trade between the u.s. and russia. >> show we go to the side? we shall move back here where they seem to have people with more questions. how much
if you talk about energy sanctions, germany is a little bit more effect it. in europe we have an interest if matters come to such a pass that we need to go further that we have a mix of sanctions where each and every country suffers a little bit. not one country suffering a little bit and not one country suffering at all. in europe, we have possibilities to do things -- we have worked with russia and we give them credit lines and also european bank investment. we could take a moment and think...
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angela merkel, chancellor of germany. [applause] >> >> chancellor merkel, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the chamber of commerce of the united states. my name is tom donohue. i and the president and ceo of this fine institution. i want to thank you for being here. i would like to extend a special welcome to those of you visiting our headquarters for the first time. the chamber is a 102-year-old organization. this building serves as the central rallying point for the u.s. business community. we host several hundred meetings here in this room alone every year. the room we are gathered in today, the international hall of flags is rich in symbolism and history. the room takes its name after the overhead banners of 12 great explorers who blazed the first halves of trade. they planted the first seed of commercial and industrial growth in the new world. they planted the first seeds of commercial and industrial growth in the new world. these flags remind us that the transatlantic relationship has been arou
angela merkel, chancellor of germany. [applause] >> >> chancellor merkel, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the chamber of commerce of the united states. my name is tom donohue. i and the president and ceo of this fine institution. i want to thank you for being here. i would like to extend a special welcome to those of you visiting our headquarters for the first time. the chamber is a 102-year-old organization. this building serves as the central rallying point...
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and if you bring that siemens run into germany a much bigger company and been awesome in france. it's been a total logical sense to move most of the management to to germany not even a trend towards gop would actually keep alive a decision made in france pm there have missed it i'm thinking that too much on point of view the gt offers probably the better one. we just didn't get this whole issue of the view of the european champions opposes him in the crown jewel to the americans were getting a lot of reactions when you're populism here we come for sen shaven off with a former mayor then phone has a lot of. i'll still use the activity is located compares oust him take over to nineteen forty defeat against germany. and on but come on that night and i will be seen if you've read the french press. the german press and the us press is quite predictable on the part of journalists answer as to which one hour to go to a day and yes with the anglo saxon process and has been very scathing of the way the french government has been rampant since i'm like the recent to get well number one tha
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we were promised that after germany's unification than it would not spread eastward. a started expanding and incorporating former warsaw treaty countries. we heard in response this does not concern you. nations and countries have the war to choose the way of ensuring the security. that's true, but it's also true when the infrastructure of the military bloc approaches our borders we have grounds for apprehension question. no one could deny as this right. he went on to say have been no and western leaders have long many times tsongas, made decisions behind the back of price wars and accomplished fact some today we want to examine whether in natal and the newly expanded nato alliance is now reaping the whirlwind of that decision and the ukraine. the of a very distinguished panel of people here today who are essentially present at the creation in one way or another. you will have biographies, but briefly the former foreign minister and actually first prime minister and then foreign minister of poland, going to make the your first name. on my immediate left, prime minister
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economically the gas that is its gas supplies for germany for eastern europe what it be that easy for russia to simply turn off the gas to europe. when we would not be easy though it would be rather difficult russia is hard currency reserves. in less than five hundred million but has that collectively the corporate sector the banking sector and the state sector when in excess of seven hundred billion so long that bases its intended. well in excess of two hundred million so it cannot afford it beyond russia can pretend that you can afford it. and god intended doing that. waiting to see how frightened the worst react. ok what about the possibility that russia will be selling its gas to china there's a lot of discussions of right now going on between beijing and moscow is a possibility that's a possibility but quantitative limits of negligible. it's the quantities i get too small to expand the quantities we would have to build a lot more pipelines and the soviet states not really in a bargaining chip at this point of time. ok so mostly russian gas will keep on flowing for the time being
economically the gas that is its gas supplies for germany for eastern europe what it be that easy for russia to simply turn off the gas to europe. when we would not be easy though it would be rather difficult russia is hard currency reserves. in less than five hundred million but has that collectively the corporate sector the banking sector and the state sector when in excess of seven hundred billion so long that bases its intended. well in excess of two hundred million so it cannot afford it...
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that broke out in kiev internationals riots with a porch light march reminiscent of nineteen thirties germany through the city demanding that the ports regime not take definitive action too assert its control over the keystone of the country. armed and with this pressure that's on them to do something. it seems likely that they will further attempt incursions and just what you say that mom that we've been hearing to the old saying from outback a bomb. i think we can just hear the sand by committee and when he actually said he believed to be. i kept up with the wild child restraints are consumed the biggest concerns that we've seen as the russian propaganda that has been blasted out non stop suggesting somehow that the ukrainian government is responsible for the problems in eastern ukraine. the crane government has shown remarkable restraint throughout this process. her strength yet. well of course this is the way it actually american propaganda littered with incredible hypocrisy and double standards because president obama and the rest of us foreign policy establishment when making such state
that broke out in kiev internationals riots with a porch light march reminiscent of nineteen thirties germany through the city demanding that the ports regime not take definitive action too assert its control over the keystone of the country. armed and with this pressure that's on them to do something. it seems likely that they will further attempt incursions and just what you say that mom that we've been hearing to the old saying from outback a bomb. i think we can just hear the sand by...
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germany is one of our closest allies and one of our closest friends. that is true across the spectrum of issues, security, intelligence, economic, diplomatic and angela merkel is one of my closest friends on the world stage and somebody whose partnership i deeply value. and so it has pained me to see the degree to which the snowden disclosures have created strains on the relationship. more broadly, i have also been convinced for a very long time that it is important for our legal structure and our policy structure to catch up with rapidly advancing technologies. as a consequence, through a series of steps, what we have tried to do is reform what we do and have taken these issues very seriously. domestically, we have tried to provide additional assurances to the american people that their privacy is protected. what i have also done is taken the unprecedented step of ordering our intelligence community to take the privacy interests of non-u.s. persons into account in everything they do. it is something that has not been done before and most other countri
germany is one of our closest allies and one of our closest friends. that is true across the spectrum of issues, security, intelligence, economic, diplomatic and angela merkel is one of my closest friends on the world stage and somebody whose partnership i deeply value. and so it has pained me to see the degree to which the snowden disclosures have created strains on the relationship. more broadly, i have also been convinced for a very long time that it is important for our legal structure and...
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gorbachev was discussing unification of germany. i am not going to talk about the myth that we promised nato would never move east. it is a lie. gorbachev raised the question, shouldn't russia join nato? james baker pooh-poohed him. saidter regretted that and he should not have done that. he should have engaged gorbachev on that question. acts of theirst yield and government -- yeltsin government -- they had to withdraw because it was so embarrassing. i am wondering how much damage has been done by the lack of engagement with russia. and its interests with nato. >> yes, sir. >> first of all, i cannot agree on you -- more on your statement. thank you so much. [laughter] the --y, i agree with yes. that is where i technically agree. point of president putin. was unclear. i would put it anyway, if you read my memoirs and somebody publishes them -- [laughter] i want russia to be, and -- westerno become a democracy. as a diplomat, i met with a lot of confusing signals from nato all the time. even the prime minister said, that is very inte
gorbachev was discussing unification of germany. i am not going to talk about the myth that we promised nato would never move east. it is a lie. gorbachev raised the question, shouldn't russia join nato? james baker pooh-poohed him. saidter regretted that and he should not have done that. he should have engaged gorbachev on that question. acts of theirst yield and government -- yeltsin government -- they had to withdraw because it was so embarrassing. i am wondering how much damage has been...
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there are killers and would be killers in australia and finland, germany, brazil. who have used columbine as an inspiration. and it's all that publicity that columbine got. the columbine killers they decided they wanted to feel important. and they sought revenge. revenge against their classmates who bullied them. maybe against all of society. and it seems to me that is the motive in this case, as well. >> i know -- i know it's revenge, i know a lot of it is notoriety. how could one not know about columbine even if you were a kid when that happened? i've heard a lot of folks say we, the media, we the public shouldn't be uttering the suspects' names because that then, of course, raises them to a level and elevates them to a level we shouldn't be doing. but do you think that would take away, you know, and some of these other potential school shooters' minds. the troubled minds, the intent to kill? >> first of all, the reporters have a duty to tell the public. and also, the idea of making them into big shot celebrities, putting them on the cover of celebrity magazines.
there are killers and would be killers in australia and finland, germany, brazil. who have used columbine as an inspiration. and it's all that publicity that columbine got. the columbine killers they decided they wanted to feel important. and they sought revenge. revenge against their classmates who bullied them. maybe against all of society. and it seems to me that is the motive in this case, as well. >> i know -- i know it's revenge, i know a lot of it is notoriety. how could one not...
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so heads to washington to discuss the sanctions on russia ukraine and germany. this is true of harnessing. wait a second in kimonos has lost its not considered an opponent and notes upon the cause of the swelling the ukrainian fine. the one scene. bonnie's life the county. and i was some breaking news on the sea at least two ukrainian troops and one self defense funny to have been killed to kiev relaunch the miniature castle on the east tennessee to have fun be honest which is held my anti government protest as the cca in the donetsk region has a population of just about a hundred thousand. and it's now been painted with people unable to monterey scary. the us. you can see the times of desperate non locals have been trying to prevent it brings me to call a black criminal unseen by simply standing in the way the truth didn't seem all that can stand up for a show which kicks off at the leak came from by the ground and ground and that was the helicopters were sent to read these kinds of that plan b i t was gunned down by the self defense forces the ukrainian army d
so heads to washington to discuss the sanctions on russia ukraine and germany. this is true of harnessing. wait a second in kimonos has lost its not considered an opponent and notes upon the cause of the swelling the ukrainian fine. the one scene. bonnie's life the county. and i was some breaking news on the sea at least two ukrainian troops and one self defense funny to have been killed to kiev relaunch the miniature castle on the east tennessee to have fun be honest which is held my anti...
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. >>> other news, president obama and germany's leader facing some serious questions today on foreign policy flash points including the crisis in ukraine. the president just wrapped up a joint news conference with the german chancellor angela merkel. the u.s. is warning of tougher sanctions against russia over ukraine. the president saying the preference is a diplomatic solution but if that doesn't happen the next step is more sanctions. he says he understands the concerns of some european countries but he's confident the u.s. and the european union will stand together. >> the goal is not to punish russia. the goal is to give them an incentive to choose the better course. and that is to resolve these issues diplomatically. and i think we are united on that front. within europe, within the eu, i'm sure there has to be extensive consultations. you've got 28 countries and some are more vulnerable than others to potential russian retaliation. we have to take those into account. not every country is going to be in exactly the same place. what has been remarkable is the degree to which all
. >>> other news, president obama and germany's leader facing some serious questions today on foreign policy flash points including the crisis in ukraine. the president just wrapped up a joint news conference with the german chancellor angela merkel. the u.s. is warning of tougher sanctions against russia over ukraine. the president saying the preference is a diplomatic solution but if that doesn't happen the next step is more sanctions. he says he understands the concerns of some...
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but that is not the case in germany. >> that's right. there is similaring outrage over what emerged from the nsa concerning the eavesdropping on the chancellor's phone as she had private conversations. it really shook the relationship between president obama and chancellor merkel, and also on the u.s.'s ability to be a friendly nation. so the germans have not moved past this. they are still looking for answers. the german government asked that the nsa turn over the german nsa files and the obama administration so far as refused to do that. >> we should point out that there are also dueling sensitivities on both sides of the pond and there is a reason that angela merkel is so upset. >> absolutely. you can certainly imagine the level of outrage, i think all of the nations know that all nations spy, but when you are talking about personal phone calls that's a different matter. so you may expect a politeness, even a friendship, but you can expect the conversations were much more heated behind closed doors. >> libby casey stand by, we are sti
but that is not the case in germany. >> that's right. there is similaring outrage over what emerged from the nsa concerning the eavesdropping on the chancellor's phone as she had private conversations. it really shook the relationship between president obama and chancellor merkel, and also on the u.s.'s ability to be a friendly nation. so the germans have not moved past this. they are still looking for answers. the german government asked that the nsa turn over the german nsa files and...
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and germany are united on a number of things. they are united in the outrage about what russia is doing but i still very much get the sense they are not united on the costs that each country is willing to pay in terms of imposing sanctions in order to press the russians. >> although angela merkel said she would be willing to discuss further escalated sanctions. >> they have been willing to discuss that for 2.5 miles. they appear to have made the holding of the presidential elections on may 25 the key red line, as it were, for whether there are escalated sections against russia which gives them four weeks to work something out. it will be interesting to see if the election occurs what is deemed illegitimate apartheid ukraine and whether that will cross the line of disruption of the elections for the west. >> we also heard chancellor merkel mentioned specifically the over surveillance that the u.s. -- the disagreement on how much surveillance is necessary to fight terrorism. it referenced the fact that the nsa was eavesdropping on
and germany are united on a number of things. they are united in the outrage about what russia is doing but i still very much get the sense they are not united on the costs that each country is willing to pay in terms of imposing sanctions in order to press the russians. >> although angela merkel said she would be willing to discuss further escalated sanctions. >> they have been willing to discuss that for 2.5 miles. they appear to have made the holding of the presidential elections...
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not find any record of any promises to gorbachev that nato would not expand, for instance, to eastern germany. we could not find it, maybe somebody find it, but we have no record. we had no records of that. but gorbachev apparently seems to believe still today that he had such a promise. and president yeltsin believed that he had a promise, and they detail how he was led to believe that, that partnership for peace was with instead of nato in -- [inaudible] not the first step, not a preparative step which i knew because delbert and then christopher and my western european colleagues spent time to explain that to me. while they failed to tell that to president putin -- to president yeltsin at that time. so that brings me back to my point. it's not enough for the to be on the right side of history. it's important. but they should speak in clear terms. that's what russians deserve. that's what putin deserves. that's what russian parliament deserves. that's what ukrainian people in particular today because they are suffering in the war actually. so they deserve very, very clear message. and the me
not find any record of any promises to gorbachev that nato would not expand, for instance, to eastern germany. we could not find it, maybe somebody find it, but we have no record. we had no records of that. but gorbachev apparently seems to believe still today that he had such a promise. and president yeltsin believed that he had a promise, and they detail how he was led to believe that, that partnership for peace was with instead of nato in -- [inaudible] not the first step, not a preparative...
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germany is one of our closest allies and closest friends. and that's true across the spectrum of issues, security, intelligence, economic, diplomatic, and angela merkel is one of my closest friends on the world stage and somebody who -- who is partnership i deeply value. and so it has pained me to say the degree to which the snowden disclosures have created strains in the relationship. but more broadly, i've also been convinced for a very long time that it is important for our legal structures and policy structures to catch up with rapidly advancing technologies. and as a consequence through a series of steps, what we try to do is reform what we do. and have taken these issues very seriously. domestically we try to provide additional assurances to the american people that their privacy is protected. but what i've also done is taken the unprecedented step of ordering our intelligence communities to take the privacy interests of nonu.s. persons into account in everything that they do. something that's not been done before and most other countr
germany is one of our closest allies and closest friends. and that's true across the spectrum of issues, security, intelligence, economic, diplomatic, and angela merkel is one of my closest friends on the world stage and somebody who -- who is partnership i deeply value. and so it has pained me to say the degree to which the snowden disclosures have created strains in the relationship. but more broadly, i've also been convinced for a very long time that it is important for our legal structures...
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germany is one of our closest allies and our closest friends. that is true across the spectrum of issues. economic, diplomatic and angela merkel is one of my close friends on the world stage and somebody whose partnership i deeply value. and so it has pained me to see the degree to which the disclosures have created strengthen the relationshistrai. for broadly i have been convinced for a very long time that it is important for the legal structures and policy structures to catch up with rapidly advancing technologies. as a consequence to a series of steps what we try to do is reform what we do. have taken these issues very seriously. domestically we tr tried to proe additional assurances the american people their privacy is protected, but what i have also done is taken the unprecedented steps of ordering our intelligence committees to take the privacy interest of not good interest for everything they do. something that has not been done before and most other countries do not do. the privacy interest of non-us citizens are deeply relevant and take
germany is one of our closest allies and our closest friends. that is true across the spectrum of issues. economic, diplomatic and angela merkel is one of my close friends on the world stage and somebody whose partnership i deeply value. and so it has pained me to see the degree to which the disclosures have created strengthen the relationshistrai. for broadly i have been convinced for a very long time that it is important for the legal structures and policy structures to catch up with rapidly...
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germany's one of our closest allies and our closest friends. and that's true across the spectrum of issues. security, intelligence, economic, diplomatic. and angela merkel is one of my closest friends on the world stage. and somebody who -- whose partnership i deeply value. and so it has pained me to see the degree to which the snowden disclosures have created strains in the relationship. but more broadly, i've also been convinced for a very long time that it is important for our legal structures and our policy structures to catch up with rapidly advancing technologies. and as a consequence, through a series of, you know, steps, what we try to do is reform what we do. and have taken these issues very seriously. domestically, we tried to provide additional assurances to the american people their privacy is protected. what i've also done is taken the unprecedented step of ordering our intelligence communities to take the privacy interests of non-u.s. persons into account in everything that they do. something that's not been done before and most o
germany's one of our closest allies and our closest friends. and that's true across the spectrum of issues. security, intelligence, economic, diplomatic. and angela merkel is one of my closest friends on the world stage. and somebody who -- whose partnership i deeply value. and so it has pained me to see the degree to which the snowden disclosures have created strains in the relationship. but more broadly, i've also been convinced for a very long time that it is important for our legal...
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ninety million people registered in job centers the lowest rate of unemployment is correct in austria in germany that makes five percent in france people cannot find jobs makes more than eleven percent in an elite four percent against the background of the ongoing crisis the european expert analysts say that today about the killer paradox would take an anti crisis measures the study leads to some financial stability in the introduction of measures to reduce social benefits lead to a reduction in consumption and traditional economic growth that drives the economy to a standstill we do multiple chris woodward it's about hope we see the situation in greece yes there was a certain financial stabilization and revenue consumption has fallen sharply. the prospects have changed dramatically to the worst loss forecast an economy's growth prospects the cubans who will be speaking from an east coast according to us out there already eighty five million poor people in eu countries the same number of people is under the threat of falling into poverty the most serious situation is in bulgaria romania and gree
ninety million people registered in job centers the lowest rate of unemployment is correct in austria in germany that makes five percent in france people cannot find jobs makes more than eleven percent in an elite four percent against the background of the ongoing crisis the european expert analysts say that today about the killer paradox would take an anti crisis measures the study leads to some financial stability in the introduction of measures to reduce social benefits lead to a reduction...
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or germany, ambassador ischinger? does the german public support a military response if russia were to attempt a sort of eastern ukraine kind of destabilization campaign in one of these nato member states? >> no. the clear answer is no. i don't think the u.s. public would support a military response. president obama himself has ruled out a military response. data has not -- >> that's ukraine. on talk about is the same center were to be followed like in estonia. >> i'm sorry. i misunderstood you. of course. of course, there would be a totally different ballgame. we are talking about article v. if we're talking about the members of nato. they were really in serious territory. i think in that case they would be no doubt that we would need to come up with determined action, and that moment should not rule out the of and military response. but let me say this. i think as we look at the situation today, it's important to remind ourselves that demonizing president putin as unnecessary and has terrible we may find his decisio
or germany, ambassador ischinger? does the german public support a military response if russia were to attempt a sort of eastern ukraine kind of destabilization campaign in one of these nato member states? >> no. the clear answer is no. i don't think the u.s. public would support a military response. president obama himself has ruled out a military response. data has not -- >> that's ukraine. on talk about is the same center were to be followed like in estonia. >> i'm sorry. i...
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it is a very strong economic relationship between germany and russia. including former german chancellor, who is making a lot of money helping natural gas flow from russia to germany. no surprise. angela merkel is under pressure. host: one of the fundamental flaws of sanctions as a foreign-policy tool? guest: it is limited and a blunt instrument but also there is no other choice. not a lot of other alternatives. politics are flawed, too. germany is russia's largest trading partner in the eu. they have more economic interest in the u.s. and its owing to be hard to pressure russia and a major way unless the europeans are willing to play. host: let me share what jack lew told members of congress when it came to sanctions and at russia and the wealthy individuals linked to president putin. [video clip] >> if you look at the impact on russia's economy, it is misleading to look at what happens day by day. you have to look over the period of time since russia went into crimea and since we have imposed sanctions. there has been a substantial deterioration in ru
it is a very strong economic relationship between germany and russia. including former german chancellor, who is making a lot of money helping natural gas flow from russia to germany. no surprise. angela merkel is under pressure. host: one of the fundamental flaws of sanctions as a foreign-policy tool? guest: it is limited and a blunt instrument but also there is no other choice. not a lot of other alternatives. politics are flawed, too. germany is russia's largest trading partner in the eu....
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this hits a sensitive note in germany. chancellor was born in east german where the communist dictator state had the stasi police who were keeping records on people, who were very invasive. there is still a strong memory of those early days. so even though it's faded somewhat from the american conscience, it is a big deal in germany. expect chance lor merkel to be polite about it, to be somewhat direct but perhaps a bit cold as she is asked questions in the press conference, but this will certainly be a heated issue behind closed doors when the two leaders meet today. >> in this country, everybody is talking about the crisis in ukraine. >> will also be on today's agenda. will they be discussing those sanctions about russia that the president wants to step up? >> absolutely. now, germany has a lot more on the line. they have a lot of trade with russia to the tune of $100,000,000,000 at last year alone. the oil and gas industry is very engaged, very co-dependent. germany has a lot more to lose if there are stepped-up sanct n
this hits a sensitive note in germany. chancellor was born in east german where the communist dictator state had the stasi police who were keeping records on people, who were very invasive. there is still a strong memory of those early days. so even though it's faded somewhat from the american conscience, it is a big deal in germany. expect chance lor merkel to be polite about it, to be somewhat direct but perhaps a bit cold as she is asked questions in the press conference, but this will...
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germany is russia's's largest trading partner in the eu. they have more economic interest in the u.s. and its owing to be hard to pressure russia and a major way unless the europeans are willing to play. host: let me share what jack lew told members of congress when it came to sanctions and at russia and the wealthy individuals linked to president putin. [video clip] >> if you look at the impact on russia's economy, it is misleading to look at what happens day by day. you have to look over the period of time since russia went into crimea and since we have imposed sanctions. there has been a substantial deterioration in rush's already weak economy. we see and the stock exchange on the exchange rate. they were downgraded to one notch above junk. what the rationale on the bond rating was in part with sanctions. how do we proceed in a careful way? president clinton has acknowledged -- resident pu -- president putin has a knowledge of the sanctions are creating pressure. we need to keep our options open. we are prepared to take more action and w
germany is russia's's largest trading partner in the eu. they have more economic interest in the u.s. and its owing to be hard to pressure russia and a major way unless the europeans are willing to play. host: let me share what jack lew told members of congress when it came to sanctions and at russia and the wealthy individuals linked to president putin. [video clip] >> if you look at the impact on russia's economy, it is misleading to look at what happens day by day. you have to look...
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clauses be gone it meant when russia exports gas into the eu the first country of transit let's say germany or ukraine or other eu countries, could not say, they couldn't dictate you may not pass this on without my permission to another country. what it allowed it to do the minute the gas comes into the eu it is not eu gas and to be transferred for the. as we talked before about reversing the clothes from poland hungary to slovakia into ukraine that would not impossible in 2009 because of the regular structure that was in place. by working with europe to get the regulatory structure their making some investments, getting them to make investments in infrastructure their less reliant today. but as russia will continue to be a supplier into europe there's more we can do together to make sure that reliance is diminished, and quite significantly. >> is a pipe dream for americans to see themselves in anything like the near future providing natural gas to europe and with that have any effect on our domestic market? or do we have so much that it would simply mean a new market and a new perhaps redu
clauses be gone it meant when russia exports gas into the eu the first country of transit let's say germany or ukraine or other eu countries, could not say, they couldn't dictate you may not pass this on without my permission to another country. what it allowed it to do the minute the gas comes into the eu it is not eu gas and to be transferred for the. as we talked before about reversing the clothes from poland hungary to slovakia into ukraine that would not impossible in 2009 because of the...
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language where the word punitive operation which is russian, the second world war language used against germany forces. the same language is used now. that was somewhat forgotten in recent weeks and months, again up on the table. >> finally, what moscow is saying in public, language used. we've heard from the spokesman. >> the language used by the factions in the russian parliament is very tough. they're talking about a use of as much as possible pressure on ukrainian government. at the end of the day, the main thing is russian propaganda, the army moving into the peaceful town against peaceful people shooting civilians, creating hxgkçma >> a threshold has been crossed. >> absolutely. >> from the bbc russian service# thank you. >>> now to nigeria in abuja. it's rocked by deadly i violence. an explosion has killed 19 and injured 60 more. that's according to the director of the country's emergency management about say. the car bomb targeted a bus station in the same place struck by a car bomb last month that killed 70 people. the i lammist group boko haram claimed responsibility. they are though
language where the word punitive operation which is russian, the second world war language used against germany forces. the same language is used now. that was somewhat forgotten in recent weeks and months, again up on the table. >> finally, what moscow is saying in public, language used. we've heard from the spokesman. >> the language used by the factions in the russian parliament is very tough. they're talking about a use of as much as possible pressure on ukrainian government. at...
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and germany have tried to apply pressure on russia to try to de-escalate the crisis in ukraine, the u.s. taking the lead on sanctions, while chancellor merkel has tried to use her closer relationship with russian president vladimir putin to resolve the crisis, but it's not clear whether those closer ties are helping. in a phone conversation that the two leaders had on thursday, putin told merkel that he wants to see ukrainian troops pull out of the southeastern part of their own country. white house press secretary jay carney called that suggestion preposterous. now, the white house expects both leaders, both president obama and angela merkel, to talk about another round of sanctions against russia. that next round would likely be targeted at russia's economy, key sectors of the russian economy, such as its banking and energy sectors, but that would hurt the german economy as well. so, expect that question to come up at a news conference with president obama and chancellor merkel later today. also, one other big question to expect would be about those revelations that the u.s. has been
and germany have tried to apply pressure on russia to try to de-escalate the crisis in ukraine, the u.s. taking the lead on sanctions, while chancellor merkel has tried to use her closer relationship with russian president vladimir putin to resolve the crisis, but it's not clear whether those closer ties are helping. in a phone conversation that the two leaders had on thursday, putin told merkel that he wants to see ukrainian troops pull out of the southeastern part of their own country. white...
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in that role, she needs to think of everyone's objectives not only germany's and germany's interest. yes, but look at her. she seems to be moving cautiously but moving in line with events. you could say she is trying her best to actually live up to that role which she never asked for, to be a key person in what looks like a conflict to between the west and russia, almost a bit like the old cold war. >> does what is happening in ukraine bring america and germany closer together? clearly, there have been sources of tension recently, issues of mobile phones and things like that, that will cause disagreements. will this generate more momentum towards -- they are going to talk about trade talks as part of this conversation. she will be talking to various people. could this be a net positive, the closing of this gap between germany and united states? >> under an external threat, the family tends to move closer together. rediscovering that it actually does share some values, despite the occasional bad phone hacking scandal and the like. indeed, from a political point of view, we now seem to
in that role, she needs to think of everyone's objectives not only germany's and germany's interest. yes, but look at her. she seems to be moving cautiously but moving in line with events. you could say she is trying her best to actually live up to that role which she never asked for, to be a key person in what looks like a conflict to between the west and russia, almost a bit like the old cold war. >> does what is happening in ukraine bring america and germany closer together? clearly,...
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reports say germany's buyer is closing in on a deal to buy the unit for about $14 billion. on wednesday, another possible bidder, said it was no longer in the running. they could announce the transaction in the next few days. shares in frankfurt at this hour, they're trading up, a bit over 1% at the moment. back to you. >> bertha, thanks for that. good to see you. >> you, too. >> thank you. >>> in earnings news, linkedin reported a net loss. excluding items, the professional social networking site beat analyst forecasts as revenue rose 46%. membership rose 7%, the same growth rate as the fourth quarter. linkedin is forecasting full-year revenue growth below analyst estimates. shares in linkedin today currently up, 4% in frankfurt. they were down heavily after hours in the united states. >>> kraft foods has reported higher first quarter profits helped by cost cuts and moves to manage prices for key ingredients. revenue fell which missed analysts forecasts. kraft will be raising prices for nearly half of its products, including cheese, bacon and cold cuts as it trays to offse
reports say germany's buyer is closing in on a deal to buy the unit for about $14 billion. on wednesday, another possible bidder, said it was no longer in the running. they could announce the transaction in the next few days. shares in frankfurt at this hour, they're trading up, a bit over 1% at the moment. back to you. >> bertha, thanks for that. good to see you. >> you, too. >> thank you. >>> in earnings news, linkedin reported a net loss. excluding items, the...
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went to study in germany. and you still have lots of questions you'll find all you need to know about studying in germany here. information on courses admission requirements qualifications costs and much more. w don t use to intervene. the first port of call for anyone interested in studying in germany. talk about are to believe but it's been ten years since the european union underwent the largest expansion in its history taking on ten new map so most of this new members welcome the former eastern bloc with island in the largest self that but the couple's the games too small mediterranean and the cyprus and more than a decade later there seems to be little appetite for another burst of enlargement. but i'm joining the hugo for those ten new members. man this report taking on ten new members called it once was one of the european union's most ambitious projects may stick to new comers with former communist bloc states the two years of top negotiations to convince the keys existing fifteen member states to back
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agenda sees it written extensively on ukraine crisis live from germany thank you and we will be following the events in ukraine bring the more updates and expert opinion all here on r.t. international also later in the program we will take a close look at the i.m.f. bailout conditions and the potential impacts are ukraine's shattered economy. so the annual may day rallies are back once again but so is the violence in turkey has become the scene of ongoing street battles police have attacked and made a march we take gas and water cannon described tried to get the famous taxi in the square in defiance of a government ban on demonstration protesters who want of cocktails and five years of forces in response authorities blocked off the square hardening tensions with a heavy police presence in the area r.t. sara firth was at the scene and got caught up in the clashes. we just going to show you what's going on here one of the front lines where the opposition and the police igniting at the moment you can see the water come into being. in the process is being funded barricades it's really being v
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on one side the usually do when the ease that did that did the most powerful company needed to go in germany and many other counties do. and in that situation. he is. marine shooting. upn nationalities she's the main threats for europe a bikini we consider european history than nationalism in europe aware the rules for total war lower. and the european project it was. the whereas the deposed by the father is exactly in order to afford to and to upn mentioned these pseudo boy as well he described a german media as a sort of ballerina leaving the dolls but isn't there to buy him any time in this we need a strong european publicly dissed phone connection we need a federal europe and at the same time you write. i'm convinced that invoking mall strength of the european union would be only a message that risks scaring the links to how your goal is to make one more year of not less than i ever needed you the same ordeal it's been a week we read through the courts have to stress we want a different user. and c thirty different parties is that i believe that who we are presented. of these the ideolog
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the crisis in the ukraine is really stoking fears in germany and europe that we could be going towards a new war at the moment. it is critical they say, it is a question of war or peace now. the magazine actually focuses on a thinly veiled tolerance that many germans have towards russia's expansion politics, a lot of this has to do with economic ties and also historic ties and der spiegel says that it seems like rush is full of a pop -- germany is full of russian apologists. gerhard schroder celebrated his 80th birthday with vladimir putin and they say this is a bad form and make fun of his foreign policy something he should be publicly defending. >> it focuses on the 50 most influential africans in the world. >> this is on the front page today, a very wide ranging list. you have the former u.s. secretary-general, kofi annan. and the comedian is also on the list and the leader of al qaeda. this is a very wide-ranging list. one person they focus on is franco iborium. we have heard a lot about him and france because he recently gave an interview to the magazine in which he was radical of
the crisis in the ukraine is really stoking fears in germany and europe that we could be going towards a new war at the moment. it is critical they say, it is a question of war or peace now. the magazine actually focuses on a thinly veiled tolerance that many germans have towards russia's expansion politics, a lot of this has to do with economic ties and also historic ties and der spiegel says that it seems like rush is full of a pop -- germany is full of russian apologists. gerhard schroder...
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we are seeing the beginning of next year, europe's richest economy, germany, so far without a national minimum wage is going to introduce one. it's about $12 an hour. that's under political pressure. we all know switzerland is a rich country. that's going to hold referendum to decide whether or not to introduce minimum wage of its own, $25 an hour. >> wow. interesting. great stuff from you. we'll talk to you soon. our own joining us from our newsroom. one more story for you on the labor day reforms. late wednesday, the brazilian president announced the move toward lower taxes for workers and 10% hike for poor. the the announcement comes as a popularity as all this five months before elections. okay. let's talk about this. see these babies laying around here. take a look. you may not see them again. going to talk about a sticky dispute. the indian alfonzo mango known as king of fruit. from today, they are banned. no more from the european union. authorities in brussels found consignments were infested with fruit flies. india says we've fix had the problem. the price has sharply fallen i
we are seeing the beginning of next year, europe's richest economy, germany, so far without a national minimum wage is going to introduce one. it's about $12 an hour. that's under political pressure. we all know switzerland is a rich country. that's going to hold referendum to decide whether or not to introduce minimum wage of its own, $25 an hour. >> wow. interesting. great stuff from you. we'll talk to you soon. our own joining us from our newsroom. one more story for you on the labor...
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t mobile is 67% owned by germany's deutsche telekom. that's why it is so confusing. >> is the government involved? >> absolutely, you have to get this passed the fcc and the department of justice. is the fourth-largest carrier in the u.s. only block the at&t deal with everyone thought would go through. >> $23 billion is the valuation? julian emmanuelle is with us from ubs. the fed has expressed confidence that we can grow going forward given the fact that we are continuing to taper. now we are seeing corporate executives express the same confidence in m&a. a month ago, we predicted it could grow by 17% this year. now, the numbers look like it's closer to 40%. >> will we see nominal gdp? you guys say the word confidence too much. that's what this is about. >> we were just talking about capex. m&a is just buying someone else's capital stock. you will get rewarded for that in the future. i bring it back to getting off the zero rate environment. i think zero rate of the most corrosive thing that anyone has ever seen and if you want proof lo
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domestic demand beer seeing in germany whereby germany on the other hand was not doing so at the moment. noneurozone demand is tailoring off. it fits very well with the british chambers of commerce that we saw recently. you probably expected to sustain around -- to hold those sort of levels, nevertheless, one always has to come back to this point about manufacturing e ining sec the uk. it still represents a relatively small part. >> 20%? >> 12. >> 12. >> if you include the mining sector, you get up to 18%. it's still relatively small. what you need is basically a rather broader base and obviously services in general, retail and financial services, you need strength. so it's interesting to see that mortgage approvals number. i think that really tells us something in terms of the bank of england's financial policy committee. it's not going to feel under any pressure at the moment. >> actually, with the mortgage -- new mortgage regulations coming in from the fca, that is an automatic cri crimper on the number of approvals we'll get. it will be harder to get a mortgage approved because the
domestic demand beer seeing in germany whereby germany on the other hand was not doing so at the moment. noneurozone demand is tailoring off. it fits very well with the british chambers of commerce that we saw recently. you probably expected to sustain around -- to hold those sort of levels, nevertheless, one always has to come back to this point about manufacturing e ining sec the uk. it still represents a relatively small part. >> 20%? >> 12. >> 12. >> if you include...
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referring to the experience of germany. strictly't follow very . we are in a recovery stage and italy has got a public debt a bit higher than what germany had. i still think that the structural reforms they need do not require big deficits. they require implementation. i still prefer to see more work on structural reforms rather than saying -- >> it might be easier. that was the point i was making. >> it you look at the structural reforms, it boils down to the problem italy has had before. politics, it is mustering the support to push these reforms and have the dozens of political parties backing matteo renzi. is he the guy that is going to push this through? if he doesn't, does italy have a chance? >> it is more likely that renzi then berlusconi's government. willingness to implement structural reforms. renzi does have a fragmented majority behind him. however, it is also in the interest of the party. so renzi has to master the actually giving up implementing reforms. >> institutional reform or structural reform? one presumably has to go hand-in-h
referring to the experience of germany. strictly't follow very . we are in a recovery stage and italy has got a public debt a bit higher than what germany had. i still think that the structural reforms they need do not require big deficits. they require implementation. i still prefer to see more work on structural reforms rather than saying -- >> it might be easier. that was the point i was making. >> it you look at the structural reforms, it boils down to the problem italy has had...
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., the first country of transit, germany, ukraine or other e.u. countries, they cooperate dictate you may not pass this on without my permission to another country. what it allowed it to do, the minute the gas comes into the e.u., it is now e.u. gas and can be transferred further. when we talked earlier about reversing the flows into ukraine, that would not have been possible in 2009 because of the regulatory structure that was in place. so by working with them to get the regulatory structure there, they are less relipet today. but as russia will continue to be a supplier into europe, there is more we can do together to make sure that reliance is diminished, and quite significantly. >> forgive the pun, but? is it a pipe dream for americans to see themselves in anything like the near future providing natural gas to europe, and would that have any effect on our domestic market? or do we have so much that it would simply mean a new market and a new perhaps reduction in the trade imbalance if we were able to do that. >> i think the united states has a
., the first country of transit, germany, ukraine or other e.u. countries, they cooperate dictate you may not pass this on without my permission to another country. what it allowed it to do, the minute the gas comes into the e.u., it is now e.u. gas and can be transferred further. when we talked earlier about reversing the flows into ukraine, that would not have been possible in 2009 because of the regulatory structure that was in place. so by working with them to get the regulatory structure...
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clause begun a meant that when russia exports gas into the eu, the first country of transit, let's say germany or ukraine or other eu countries could not -- they could not dictate you may not pass this on without my permission to another country. what it allowed it to do is a minute a gas comes and it is eu gas and can be transferred further. we talked about reversing the flows from poland to hungary from slovakia into ukraine. that would not have been possible in 2000 nine because of the regulatory structure that was in place. i working with europe to get the regulatory structure there, making some investments and getting them to make investments in infrastructure, they are less reliant today. as russia will continue to be a supplier into europe emma there is more we can do together to make sure that that reliance is diminished and quite significantly. fors it a pipe dream americans who see themselves in anything like the near future europeng natural gas to and would that have any effect on our domestic market or do we have so much that it would ,imply mean a new market trades reduction in th
clause begun a meant that when russia exports gas into the eu, the first country of transit, let's say germany or ukraine or other eu countries could not -- they could not dictate you may not pass this on without my permission to another country. what it allowed it to do is a minute a gas comes and it is eu gas and can be transferred further. we talked about reversing the flows from poland to hungary from slovakia into ukraine. that would not have been possible in 2000 nine because of the...
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went to study in germany. and you still have lots of questions you'll find all you need to know about studying in germany here. information on courses admission requirements qualifications costs and much more. w don t use to intervene. the first port of call for anyone interested in studying in germany. casting their ballots in parliament elections. defying a spate of attacks in which dozens of people been killed over the past two days. this is the first parliamentary election since american...